(09-28-2016, 03:19 AM)taramarie Wrote: Well defective maybe in America. Here we have strict laws which most of the time also do work. I feel quite safe here. Different culture and the strict laws tend to keep us safe.
Culture has more to do with it than laws. If anything more laws tend to destroy the culture. I suggest reading Our Enemy the State which will give you an idea of the process as it took place in the US even though it can happen anywhere. Social convention is a surprisingly powerful way for societies to organize themselves. According to evolution life does this all of the time.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises